Open and transparent? Trudeau defends secrecy on ISIS military mission briefings

Another day, another example of Liberal hypocrisy, this time as Prime Minister Trudeau defends his government’s decision to hold only one media briefing on fighting ISIS in Iraq since he changed the mission earlier this year.

Conservative Leader Rona Ambrose raised the issue in the House of Commons and Trudeau blew it off as protecting Canadian troops and their security over a communications exercise.

Funny, that wasn’t Trudeau’s position when he was in opposition. Back then, he called on Prime Minister Harper to lay out his whole plan to Parliament ahead of a vote on expanding the mission.

Opposition Trudeau wanted openness and transparency, in fact he campaigned on those issues non-stop during last year’s elections, but he’s been anything but open and transparent since.

We’ve gone from regular briefings when the Conservatives were in charge to one since Trudeau changed the mission.

Meanwhile we’re finding out on social media and from our American allies that Canadian troops on the ground to train Kurdish and Iraqi forces, are actually on the front line in the fight to retake Mosul, but Trudeau won’t say.

He claims security, and I completely get what the military calls OPSEC, Operational Security, meaning you don’t talk about things that can get your troops killed. But that doesn’t mean you refuse to say anything.

There is a way to keep the public informed and the troops safe. Does anyone else remember the regular updates from American General Stormin’ Norman Schwarzkopf who provided regular briefings on coalition movements in the Gulf war to push Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait.

It can and should be done while keeping our troops safe. My guess is Trudeau knows parts of this mission, or perhaps all of it, are unpopular with his left wing base so he wants to keep it out of sight and out of mind.

We must remember that Baby Doc may not have been included in the decision part of the exercise. Butts and a few generals get together and make the decisions. Baby Doc is told what to say. That is the whole story.

Even if told, would Baby Doc even understand? Remember his supercilious comment that Russia invaded the Crimea because Ukraine beat Russia in hockey? That is about his level of understanding.

Telling Canadians that our troops are included in the front line against ISIS would be sufficient to keep us informed and without stating where and when. Besides, the US government can’t keep its mouth closed so the information is already public.

Everyone should be ignoring the two lady trolls, Ms Sean and Ms Jay. If it is high noon, they will say it isn’t. They will do anything to get a rise out of people here.

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Again. Penson has not freed his brain from its dark dank rectal locale -

A) Trudeau has only the support of 36% of 60% who bothered to vote – so the reality is he has only the support of an 18% minority of the Canadian electorate. Not really a mandate to go to war without approval – by law he must seek approval to go to engage in military conflict – he did not – contempt of parliament is inapplicable here because this is a constitutional breach.

And Harper is not around to blame any more. You can’t judge Trudeau by any other standard than those he set for himself – and he has violated the standards he set for governing.

You will see these realities some day when you dislodge your cranium from its current rectal location

@sean Penson…nobody stays elected forever….and just wait until Justin whimps out on legalizing pot because that would offend the UN…..Hell hath no fury like a gullible youth vote scorned….even though the CBC will go into Reefer Madness mode and publish article after article on how pot is bad for you in an effort to smoke screen Justin….I have seen this play out twice before…which is why I was not fooled by his promise…he knows he is in no danger of having to keep it.

Penson, once again, is talking out his rectum because of the location in which his brain finds itself – unless under national emergency deployment od Canadian troops MUST be a matter for house discussion – if they are deployed in a war zone without any formal declaration of war by parliament, the PM has breached protocol and is answerable to house investigation for censure.

All I can say is you certainly should go back to whatever match book cover “college?” which allowed you to graduate in basket weaving and get your money back.

Soon the truth of this evil kuffar who strikes out against the true jihad and Allah’s appointed Caliph BIGDADDY…will be made manifest…and even though he pays lip service with his poorly auditioned conversion ritual…..it is evident by his bar bill submitted to the evil kuffar treasury board that he has scorned the Prophet’s edict on alcohoL..and even though he has bowed his knees in a mosque and payed the jizzha in spades…..he secretly deploys crusaders to oppose Allahs true jihadhis…..may 1000 camels offal in his path to Mecca………:-)

I can agree with hipocrisy, but it’s good to keep things on the down low. However it’s after the fact of mission critiques that should be explained in parliament. Unlike the US that seems to tell the enemy what they are going to do before they do it.

The most incredible part of all is if you don’t play the way the liberals want you too, the CBC won’t go after the military for war crimes.

Trudeau and his cabinet will always be at the kids table when dealing internationally on all aspects.

I was deployed overseas in the seventies and those files are still redacted from veteran affairs. Therefore I can never make a claim. Must be something with these Trudeaus and the military, that they feel the need to keep things very secretive.

It looks like the US/UK war hawks have Tater tot by his pubes and are calling in the debt -

At the conclusion of the NATO summit in Wales two years ago, all countries signed a declaration reaffirming collective defence, after Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, and agreeing to increase defence spending to two per cent of gross domestic product within a decade.

In the summit in Warsaw this summer, the Brits indicated they are POed at, no defense spending progress being made by smaller NATO countries,but primarily Canada. London sent the message through embassies and high commissions and Canada was the main recipient of the NATO blast of shite.

Earier this year the Trudeau government was excluded from a U.S.-led meeting of defence ministers from countries spearheading the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. U.S. Defence Secretary Ashley Carter warned allies that there was no room for “free-riders” in the coalition.

The Pentagon is now giving Tater Tot a titty-twist about putting boots on the ground in Mosul – so in typical Turdoo style he lied about it and got his lapdog CBC to spike the story